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202 West Main Street  Post Office Box 309

Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0309

Phone: 502.227.1668  fax: 502.227.1692 www.farmerscapital.com

NEWS RELEASE September 2, 2015 Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Implements Cost Savings by Eliminating Press Release Mailings

Frankfort, Kentucky - Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: FFKT) (the "Company")
is ending the practice of mailing paper press releases to shareholders effective September 1,
2015. All press releases can be found on the Company's website - www.farmerscapital.com- under "Investor Relations". The website also provides a notification service sign-up which will email postings of press releases to interested parties. You can find this on the website by clicking on the "Join our Listserve" link.
Besides cost savings by eliminating printing and postage fees, shareholders will have access to future press releases sooner than they did in the past. If you want to continue receiving press releases, please sign up at the "Join our Listserve" link on www.farmerscapital.comand you will be emailed when Company press releases are available in electronic format.
For further information, you may contact us by phone 502-227-1697 or email us at info@farmerscapital.com.
Farmers Capital Bank Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Company operates 35 banking locations in 22 communities throughout Central and Northern Kentucky, a data processing company, and an insurance company. Its stock is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC exchange in the Global Select Market tier under the symbol: FFKT.

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